A Grand Day Out in The Jungle

Spent the day caching in the area around Brook Bottoms while completing The Jungle Book and Wallace and Gromit series. I was advised to do the Jungle Book one first. There is 6 traditional caches in this series in which you will find the numbers that will leave you to the final cache - GC1H3K5 Shere Khan's Lair. The caches are well placed and involve a circular walk from the car park. The final cache is at ------ well that would be telling wouldn't it. There was one other cache not in the series that I picked up on the way round called Down By The Riverside which has a very clever hide. On the final stretch of the walk back to the car I came across a section of the Thelemere Aquaduct which to me is a great piece of engineering. On returning to the car it was time for a quick brew before heading of to find the lair. I had read the previous logs and one of then came in very handy. This was a great series to complete so what was in store with The Wallace and Gromit series.

It was now time to commence The Curse of the Were Rabbit - GC1KZ09. On the way along the river there was a cache to be picked up which was Bugs from the brook which took me to the other side of the river. After finding this I decided to stay to this side of the river which meant I had the big hill to climb first, getting it out of the way. There is 11 traditional caches in this series with plenty of variety in the caches, placement and hints making it a crack job done by The Phantom Camel Train. At just over the half way point I had all the numbers I required so took a seat on a style to work out the final location and a spot of dinner. By now the sun was out and as I walked across the field from here I could see Blackpool Tower and The Big One on the horizon. The final part back along the river was very muddy but thats part of the fun, I think. The search for the final saw me climbing up hills and sliding back down for no reason at all. Find it, not a rabbit but a very nice ammo box. Sat on a nearby fallen tree while I signed the log before returning the cache to its burrow.

This is a must do day out for everyone, CRACKING.